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“Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture.”

Culture Addiction Twins Offended

Book:The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

Source: The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

“By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages or a lack of jobs but by bad attitudes and faulty lifestyles. The poor were dissolute, promiscuous, prone to addiction and crime, unable to 'defer gratification' or possibly even set an alarm clock. The last thing they could be trusted with was money.”

“Unhealthy cultures create addiction. Healthy cultures create social bonds.”

Culture Social Healthy Addiction Unhealthy Social Bonds

Author:Simon Sinek

“A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out of turn, chewing gum in class, doing homework, stepping out of line, cleaning their rooms. Then it listed the five top concerns of parents today: drug addiction, teenage pregnancy, suicide and homicide, gang violence, anorexia and bulimia. We can also add AIDS, poverty, and homelessness. . . . Between my own childhood and the advent of my motherhood--one short generation--the culture had gone completely mad.”